Tanisa Jeffers

Experience

1. Associate Judge, Austin Municipal Court

   Travis County

   Mar 2018 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Presides over Bench Trials, Jury Trials, and Pre-trial motions dockets at the Austin Municipal Court• Review plea agreements negotiated between the City’s Attorneys and the Defense• Presides over both trial and plea dockets at the Downtown Austin Community Court• Review probable cause affidavits and search warrants filed by the various law enforcement agencies operating in Travis County• Presides as a Travis County Magistrate, including establishing bond requirements, and informing arrested individuals of their constitutional rights• Granting continuances in cases where sufficient cause is shown that a case should be postponed• Administering oaths and affirmations, including oaths to jurors and law enforcement personnel filing probable cause affidavits and to persons filing complaints with the Court• Conducts indigency hearings• Ruling on Motions for New Trial• Entering the proceedings of each trial in the judge’s docket or records of the Court• Conducts duties within the guidelines established by the Code of Criminal Procedure, Penal Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Texas Family Code, Texas Transportation Code, American Bar Association, Code of Judicial Conduct and precedents set by Texas Law, City Ordinances and Charter, United States Constitution and Texas State Constitution• Performs other related duties as required

Skills

• Mediation
• Family Law
• Litigation
• Trial Practice
• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Defense
• Federal Law
• Courts
• Westlaw
• Hearings
• Legal Research
• Appeals
• Corporate Law
• Personal Injury
• Trials
• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Criminal Law
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Product Liability
• Legal Assistance
• Administrative Law
• Legal Issues
• Torts
• Wills
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